Super
Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, who is set to face 2017 AFCON Champions,
Cameroon in a double legged clash has threatened to resign as the
qualifying series continues.
Super Eagles coach, Rohr
The head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, may tender his
resignation as early as next week when he meets with the Nigerian
federation leadership in Morocco during the CAF meetings as he is said
to be seriously considering his position as the Technical Adviser of the
Nigerian national team.
According to a report by Vanguard, the Franco-German tactician is
said to be very bitter at the recriminations he has received from
particular sections of the Nigerian football fraternity after the loss
of the team at home to South Africa last month.
It was gathered that sources close to the coach disclosed that Rohr
is very frustrated at what he sees as ‘meddling’ in his work by the
powerful Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation which
seems to be making moves to curtail his power and hold on the team, and
impose measures that he deems unnecessary.
The source said; “There was a showdown meeting between Rohr and
the Technical Committee after the South Africa loss, after which the
committee recommended certain things including vetting the list of
players invited, and injecting new technical staff into the team, which
the coach frowned upon.
“The Committee refuted this and claimed that there was no truth
in the said moves, including ex-international Garba Lawal who publicly
denied knowledge of any such deliberations.”
However, all seems not to be well, as the committee met again and
stood by their position of including people in the Technical group of
the ex-Bayern Munich defender, and calling for his actions to be
scrutinised and approved prior to release.
Rohr has told friends he can’t work like this, and had sought
reassurances from the leadership of the NFF failing which he will have
no choice than to quit the position.
Nigeria occupies the top of its qualifying group for the World Cup
of 2018, and a win in their next game, at home to Cameroon, will all but
secure a 6th qualification for the epic global event, scheduled for
Russia.
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